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Publication - Statistics

Scottish Sea Fisheries Statistics 2019

Published
24 September 2020
Directorate
Marine Directorate
Topic
Economy, Environment and climate change, Farming and rural
ISBN
9781800040793

National Statistics publication that provides data on the tonnage and value of all landings of sea fish and shellfish by Scottish vessels, all landings into Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad, and the size and structure of the Scottish fishing fleet and employment on Scottish vessels.

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Table 31. Tonnage and value of all landings into Scotland by main species 2015 to 2019

Tonnage Value (£'000)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Black scabbardfish 2,579 3,060 2,104 1,460 1,216 3,472 4,734 2,883 2,014 1,622
Blue ling 1,478 1,717 1,729 1,845 2,123 1,797 2,012 1,743 1,825 2,814
Bluemouth 100 93 110 131 182 173 193 234 178 309
Catfish 366 432 473 475 456 511 747 852 886 894
Cod 15,236 17,301 18,881 22,698 19,304 29,319 35,914 43,373 52,814 49,328
Common mora 43 39 25 36 46 46 56 36 63 78
Conger eels 45 37 37 31 36 33 26 23 16 15
Dabs 13 10 13 19 62 7 5 5 11 28
Dogfish 224 325 247 160 190 54 102 104 48 63
Forkbeard 549 587 502 481 475 923 1,005 768 268 398
Greenland halibut 640 666 259 221 210 1,709 1,653 689 660 606
Gurnards 638 609 421 652 941 258 251 185 281 551
Haddock 31,828 32,254 32,263 33,141 31,727 43,331 42,642 48,222 48,069 47,565
Hake 14,484 18,391 18,863 15,756 14,296 35,642 44,267 40,425 33,407 31,657
Halibut 48 130 178 221 240 377 833 1,266 1,582 1,701
John dory 22 18 8 21 23 133 118 58 143 144
Lemon sole 699 811 709 768 871 2,399 3,053 3,067 3,353 3,573
Ling 5,492 6,725 7,049 7,781 8,433 7,308 9,900 11,510 11,996 12,924
Megrims 2,038 2,347 2,350 2,822 2,890 4,923 6,459 6,802 8,092 8,033
Monkfish 11,410 14,254 15,141 14,477 12,694 27,842 40,267 40,697 43,502 38,823
Plaice 1,720 2,209 2,126 2,405 1,756 1,219 2,200 2,606 4,105 2,915
Pollack 561 443 525 594 644 1,013 1,039 1,387 1,722 1,963
Rabbit fish 133 115 127 106 131 70 65 87 124 149
Redfish 250 160 134 126 420 348 261 220 209 196
Roundnose grenadier 335 426 109 146 126 358 576 118 185 127
Saithe 18,688 17,302 16,471 23,387 19,783 16,867 18,692 16,304 18,252 18,979
Sandeels - - 4,713 4,189 1,805 - - 834 881 465
Skates and rays 700 724 709 910 882 604 777 736 874 724
Turbot 67 57 64 92 85 536 481 542 897 815
Tusk 357 346 279 307 302 281 278 218 220 253
Whiting 9,511 9,234 9,087 10,552 11,666 10,309 10,228 11,813 13,778 15,293
Witches 558 696 940 1,135 859 594 824 1,052 1,281 1,167
Wrasses 31 49 40 50 93 1,164 3,185 1,075 3,165 5,822
Other demersal 38 79 51 61 38 83 106 98 196 226
Total demersal 120,882 131,646 136,735 147,258 135,006 193,705 232,947 240,031 255,098 250,219
Blue whiting 12,150 11,908 13,117 21,118 14,695 1,994 2,352 1,588 3,867 2,799
Herring 34,048 39,255 39,636 45,036 31,052 12,076 25,149 16,139 16,475 15,816
Horse mackerel 711 216 5 207 488 485 153 2 232 291
Mackerel 97,973 106,632 96,508 88,486 67,211 61,933 91,737 88,294 92,592 82,858
Sprats 1,060 2,179 1,356 609 1,265 249 502 302 140 337
Other pelagic 0 772 6 3 2 0 270 1 1 1
Total pelagic 145,943 160,962 150,628 155,458 114,713 76,737 120,164 106,325 113,306 102,103
Clams 33 44 34 22 28 81 114 92 69 162
Edible crabs 11,120 12,142 11,821 10,372 10,148 14,195 17,163 20,501 26,076 24,386
Green crabs 194 164 124 100 113 123 124 108 86 108
Lobsters 1,049 1,143 1,220 1,216 1,239 11,078 13,698 16,368 17,310 17,713
Nephrops 16,069 19,970 20,706 17,699 23,292 59,218 72,569 75,380 66,054 82,541
Octopus 8 20 20 24 25 6 10 14 25 30
Queen scallops 3,361 3,789 1,771 1,241 1,442 1,883 3,071 1,979 1,634 1,612
Razor fish 350 462 803 647 881 1,616 2,301 4,589 5,472 7,093
Scallops 10,721 12,368 9,214 7,578 6,615 22,812 30,131 24,696 21,454 17,005
Squid 1,293 1,697 2,945 2,614 3,250 4,242 6,501 10,739 11,139 13,943
Velvet crabs 1,493 1,607 1,608 1,188 1,634 3,782 4,462 5,087 4,170 4,502
Whelks 1,128 1,909 1,829 1,541 1,420 940 1,723 1,875 1,747 1,690
Other shellfish 220 163 83 15 12 704 801 700 61 88
Total shellfish 47,038 55,479 52,176 44,256 50,100 120,679 152,668 162,128 155,297 170,872
Total landings 313,862 348,087 339,540 346,973 299,819 391,121 505,779 508,485 523,702 523,194

(1) Main species are those where the quantity landed into Scottish districts was 20 tonnes or over in 2019.

(2) Dogfish, Gurnards, Skates and rays, Wrasses, Clams and Squid are groups of individual species. Some of these individual species may exceed 20 tonnes landed into Scottish districts.

Contact

Email: fisheriesstatistics@gov.scot

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